In my own experience kilted (about 10 years or better), I can only remember one wise guy who made a negative comment about my kilt. I had a very reasoned comment about how someone who wasn't man enough to wear one probably shouldn't . . . or words to that effect. His wife intervened and commmented on how much SHE liked it. Ha!

I have had ladies--and some very lovely ones--come up to me surreptitiously when the wife was in the bathroom to talk about my kilt. And some will come when their husbands leave for the same reason.

While on a cruise ship, a rather inebriated fellow asked very loudly "what's under the kilt?" as I passed by. I simply answered, "You're wife's lipstick" and continued to march.

He said, "I guess I had that coming" with a smile.

I responded, smiling, "Yeah, I guess you did." His wife laughed and agreed that he had it coming for being "rude." She smiled at me, too.